July 18, 2014

Words in the News: Airliner

Nine Britons were among 298 people killed yesterday when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was apparently shot down over war-torn Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists, backed by Moscow, were thought to have downed the airliner, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, after mistaking it for a Ukrainian military plane. Full story >>

VOCABULARYAn airliner is an airplane, usually large, used for transporting passengers and cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. • The Airbus A380 is a high-capacity, long-range, twindeck, widebody airliner.

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Words in the News: Airliner

Nine Britons were among 298 people killed yesterday when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was apparently shot down over war-torn Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists, backed by Moscow, were thought to have downed the airliner, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, after mistaking it for a Ukrainian military plane. Full story >>

VOCABULARYAn airliner is an airplane, usually large, used for transporting passengers and cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. • The Airbus A380 is a high-capacity, long-range, twindeck, widebody airliner.